Review: The End of the Affair

After having watched a good film adaptation of this novel several weeks ago, I had high hopes for the actual book. In places it lived up to those, but overall, just not so much.

Knowing where Greene was going with the story made me impatient with the long buildup and non-linear format of the first part of the story. After that it smoothed out and was extremely enjoyable (if you like the rather relaxed and proper pace of British literature). But in the end it devolved into the main character’s...